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Measuring Character Strengths and Promoting Positive Youth Development in Zambia: Initial Findings from the GROW Hopes for Life Study
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Jonathan M. Tirrell; Mutale Sampa; Kit Wootten; Sion Kim Harris; Robert E. McGrath; Mataanana Mulavu; Ntazana Sindano; Lameck Kasanga; Oliver Mweemba; Dana McDaniel Seale; J. Paul Seale; Wilbroad Mutale – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
The Global Resilience Oral Workshops (GROW) Free and Strong programs take a strengths-based, positive youth development (PYD) approach to promoting thriving. Through both prevention (GROW Strong) and intervention (GROW Free) exercises, these programs aim to build character and emotional resilience while also lowering unhealthy alcohol use. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Youth Programs, Prevention
A Comparison of Two Analytic Methods for the Identification of Neighborhoods as Intervention and Control Sites for Community-Based Programs.
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O'Campo, Patricia; Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Aronson, Robert; Xue, Xiaonan – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Regression analysis and principal components analysis, which can be used to create perinatal risk profiles of neighborhoods within cities, were compared. Using census tract level low birthweight as the outcome variable, both methods identified factors identifying neighborhoods at risk. Both methods can be used to identify community characteristics…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Community Programs